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A look at the experience of riding in Uber's autonomous vehicles as the company begins passenger testing with a fleet of 14 cars in Pittsburgh — Beginning today, a select group of Pittsburgh Uber users will get a surprise the next time they request a pickup: the option to ride in a self driving car.
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| Lauren Goode / The Verge: |
Apple Watch Series 2 review: serious fitness tracker with GPS, better performance, but display not visible in direct sunlight, software glitches remain — A GPS sensor and better water resistance make the new Apple Watch a serious fitness tracker — Let's call it what it is: a fitness tracker.
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Tim Cook favors AR over VR, suggests it may be more commercially viable because it allows users to be more “present” — In an exclusive interview with ABC News, Apple CEO Tim Cook said he favors augmented reality (AR) over virtual reality (VR), and suggested the emerging technology …
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| Michael Kan / PCWorld: |
The World Anti-Doping Agency says Russian cyber espionage group hacked its database, stole medical information about Olympic athletes — The hacking group Fancy Bear has also been blamed for breaching the DNC — The same Russian state-sponsored hackers that allegedly breached …
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| Matthew Lynley / TechCrunch: |
New Twitter app launches on Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, and Xbox One, brings free video content from Periscope, Vine, and partners like NFL, NBA, and Bloomberg — Twitter needs to figure out a way to continue to grow — and it certainly seems open to looking into a lot of new places outside your phone to figure out how to do that.
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See also Mediagazer| Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac: |
Spotify hits 40M paid subscribers, up 10M in five months, compared to Apple Music's growth of about 4M over roughly the same period — In a tweet shared by Spotify's official Twitter account today, the company's CEO and Founder Daniel Ek hinted that the service has hit the 40 million subscriber milestone.
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See also Mediagazer| Peter Bright / Ars Technica: |
Microsoft will now let devs distribute repackaged Win32 desktop apps through the Windows Store, which was previously limited to Universal Windows Platform apps — The Project Centennial “bridge” for Win32 apps is now ready for production. — Traditional desktop Windows applications …
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| Wired: |
Changes to Rule 41 of Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure to let FBI hack unspecified number of PCs with single warrant, starting Dec. 1, unless Congress blocks — Digital devices and software programs are complicated. Behind the pointing and clicking on screen are thousands of processes and routines that make everything work.
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Amazon reintroduces the Echo Dot at $50, down from the $90 launch price, and adds a white option and discounted packs to encourage bulk purchases — We already knew it was coming - thanks to an accidental tweetAmazon posted earlier this week - but now it's official: Amazon's connected speaker Echo Dot … | Samuel Gibbs / Guardian: |
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| Noel Randewich / Reuters: |
Apple stock hits 2016 high amid iPhone preorder reports and Samsung's Note7 woes, with market cap pushing past $600B, to $615B+, for the first time since April — Apple's (AAPL.O) stock hit a 2016 high on Wednesday, with its market value peaking above $600 billion for the first time since April …
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| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Facebook's VP of product management Adam Mosseri says the company is actively working on tech to prevent fake news stories from showing up in Trending section — Following the controversial firing of the editorial team who managed the Trending Topics that appear next to Facebook's News Feed …
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| Katie Benner / New York Times: |
Sapphire Ventures, whose sole investor is SAP, has closed a new $1B late-stage startup fund — Sapphire Ventures has closed on a $1 billion fund to invest in privately held start-ups, easing fears about a downturn in the venture capital industry. — Sapphire Ventures …
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| Roger Cheng / CNET: |
LG, Huawei, and Motorola confirm no new Android Wear watches in fall 2016 despite releasing one in Sept. 2015, hinting at a lack of enthusiasm from customers — With the Apple Watch Series 2 and Samsung's Gear S3 hitting the market, rivals such as Motorola and LG are sitting out this holiday season.
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| Aoife White / Bloomberg: |
EU publishes proposals for new copyright rules, which would allow news publishers to demand payment from aggregators like Google News — Copyright plan may curb online use of news articles, content — EU also seeks to bolster rights of music performers, authors
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Google and AppNexus sever ties with ComboTag, the partner company behind Adblock Plus' ad exchange — Google has severed its relationship with ComboTag, the Israeli startup that sourced buyers for Adblock Plus' recently launched Acceptable Ads Platform. — “We were just as surprised … | Cho Mu-Hyun / ZDNet: |
Samsung says it will cap Note7 charging at 60% in OTA update, starting Sept. 20 in S. Korea, is in talks with telcos from 9 other countries for similar rollouts — Samsung will limit the battery charging cap for Galaxy Note 7 users to 60 percent through a Over-the-Air (OTA) software upgrade on September 20 following more explosions.Sponsor Posts
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